Google Gemini
Available in HKFreemium
Google's multimodal assistant, deeply integrated with Search and Google apps — the web app now officially supports Hong Kong.
Best for: Everyone, Students, Professionals
Everyday Q&AWriting
DeepTutor
HKU Data Intelligence Lab (HKUDS)
An open-source lifelong personalised AI tutor from HKU's Data Intelligence Lab.
Available in HKFree★ 58,981 Stars
Overview
DeepTutor builds a knowledge base from your materials and offers cited Q&A, learning paths, practice quizzes, video lessons and Anki export, with a desktop app, many models and frequent releases.
Best for
StudentsTeachersResearchers
Typical use cases
Strengths
- Built by a Hong Kong research team
- A self-hosted NotebookLM alternative
Limitations & caveats
- Bring your own model API or local model
- Fast-moving releases
Hong Kong availability
Available in HKRecent reliable evidence supports use in Hong Kong.
Basis: official statement
The source code is hosted on GitHub (Hong Kong is not among GitHub's trade-control restricted regions) and can be downloaded and self-hosted for free. Note: if you connect it to model APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic or the Gemini API, each provider's regional policy still applies.
Access
- Website
- Supported
- Sign-up
- Supported
- Core features
- Supported
- Payment
- Unverified
Sources
- GitHub and trade controls(opens in a new tab)GitHub · Official · checked 14 Nov 2026
Verified on: 14 Nov 2026
Availability information is for reference only and is not legal advice. Terms can change at any time — rely on the provider's latest official statement. We do not provide ways to bypass regional restrictions.
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